49th Orchestral Season

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Rendezvous

Polish Cello Quartet & HKCO Ensemble

Date and Time
6/9/2025 (Sat) 5:00pm
Venue
Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
Ticket Fee
$300, $250
Artistic Advisor
Chew Hee Chiat
Performed by
Polish Cello Quartet
HKCO String Quintet
HKCO Eco-Gehu and Eco-Bass Gehu Ensemble

Serendipity brings Eastern and Western strings together, igniting new sounds.


At the inaugural Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX) in October 2024, the HKCO garnered much praise and
critical acclaim. That occasion was the impetus of this new collaboration and cultural dialogue with Poland’s
Narodowe Forum Muzyki (National Forum of Music), featuring the HKCO String Quintet, Eco-Gehu and Eco-Bass

Gehu Ensembles and the renowned Polish Cello Quartet.


The programme includes iconic works as well as new commissions by Hong Kong and Polish composers that
merge the Western cello with Chinese musical traditions. The concert will be recorded by Radio Television
Hong Kong and subsequently broadcast through the European Broadcasting Union. In July 2026, the HKCO
ensembles will travel to Poland, fostering artistic collaboration and taking a significant step towards “bringing

Chinese culture to the world.”



The project The Sound of Polish Music in Asia: Dialogue and Inspiration was co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland through the Inspiring Culture program.





Programmes

String Quintet Queen Wang Zhaojun        Luk Wai-chun

First Movement:: Tearful Farewell of Zhaojun

Second Movement:: Autumn Yearning on the Steppe

Eco-Gaohu: Wong Sum Ho  

Pipa: Zhang Ying  

Zhongruan: Ng Kai Hei  

Yangqin: Lee Meng-hsueh  

Zheng: Li Tingting



Rhapsody (Third movement of Cello Quartet)         Kazimierz Wiłkomirsk

Waltz in B minor, Op.69, No. 2 Chopin

Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Chopin

Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1 Chopin

Allegro molto risoluto   (Second movement of Deux mouvements)         Alexander Tansman

Polish Cello Quartet: Tomasz Daroch, Wojciech Fudala, Krzysztof Karpeta , Adam Krzeszowiec



String Quintet & Cello Quartet        Cangjie         Tomasz Skweres

(Commissioned by the National Forum of Music / World Premiere)

Eco-Gaohu: Wong Sum Ho  

Pipa: Zhang Ying  

Zhongruan: Ng Kai Hei  

Yangqin: Lee Meng-hsueh  

Zheng: Li Tingting

Polish Cello Quartet: Tomasz Daroch, Wojciech Fudala, Krzysztof Karpeta , Adam Krzeszowiec


String Quintet & Cello Quartet         Distant Mountain         Ng Cheuk-yin

(Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)

Eco-Erhu: Xu Hui  

Pipa: Zhang Ying  

Zhongruan: Ng Kai Hei  

Yangqin: Lee Meng-hsueh  

Zheng: Li Tingting

Polish Cello Quartet: Tomasz Daroch, Wojciech Fudala, Krzysztof Karpeta , Adam Krzeszowiec


Gehu, Bass Gehu and Cello Octet

Ballade of the Banks of the Yellow River         Zhang Dalong

Eco-Gehu: Tung Hiu Lo, An Yue

Eco-Bass Gehu: Qi Hongwei, Li Wei

Polish Cello Quartet: Tomasz Daroch, Wojciech Fudala, Krzysztof Karpeta , Adam Krzeszowiec